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Einstein- From Life to Death
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Albert Einstein is Born
Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany, to Hermann Einstein and his wife, Pauline. -
Fascinated by Magnetism
Albert becomes fascinated by his father's pocket compass, in the way that the needle always faces north. He later looks back at this moment as when he first became interested in the field of science. -
Einstein moves to Italy
The Einstein family moves to Italy in hopes of finding better jobs. Albert stays behind to finish school, but later comes with his family after quitting/getting kicked out of his school. -
Boarding School in Aarau
After failing the entrance exam to ETH, the Swiss Polytechnic University in Zurich, Albert is forced to take his final year of high school in the small town of Aarau, Switzerland. -
Learning at ETH
Albert begins to go to college at ETH after finishing high-school in Aarau. -
Renouncing German Citizenship
In order to avoid being forced to join military services, 17 year old Albert renounces his German citizenship. This results in Albert not being an official citizen for any nation in the world for four years. -
Graduates from College
After completing college at ETH with a degree in physics, Albert tries to obtain a teaching job; however, he is unable to find one. -
Gains Swiss Citizenship
After spending four years being stateless, Albert gains Swiss citizenship. -
Gets Girlfriend Pregnant
Albert visits his girlfriend, Melina Maric, who was a former classmate at ETH, in Italy. He ends up getting her pregnant. -
Puts Daughter Up for Adoption
Because Albert and Melina cannot support themselves AND the child, they put their daughter, named Lieserl up for adoption. -
Works at Swiss Patent Office
After failing at his search for a teaching job, Einstein settles for a job as a clerk at the Swiss Patent Office. -
Marries Milena Maric
After a while of being together, Einstein finally decides to marry his girlfriend, Melina. -
Hans Albert Einstein is Born
Within a year of getting married, Melina gives birth to the Einsteins' first real child, Hans Albert Einstein. -
Einstein's "Annus Mirabilis"
Einstein's "Annus Mirabilis", which translates to "miraculous year", happened in 1905. Einstein had published four of his major theoretical papers in the prestigious German paper Annalen Der Physik, one of which he will eventually win the Nobel Prize for. -
Eduard Einstein is Born
Eduard Einstein, the Einsteins' second son, is born in 1910. -
Einsteins Move to Prague
The Einsteins move to Prague, where Albert assumes his first full-time professorship after working at the Swiss Patent Office or part-time positions in Switzerland. -
Einsteins Move Back to Zurich
After just a year in Prague, the Einsteins move back to Switzerland, to where Albert takes professorship at his alma mater, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. -
Becomes Director of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
Einstein moves to from Zurich to Berlin to become the director of the prestigious Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. Because his wife and children decide to stay back in Zurich, they will never live together as a family again. -
Completes General Theory of Relativity
Albert Einstein completes his General Theory of Relativity, which states that a moving mass should create another field, called a gravitomagnetic field, besides its static gravitational field. -
Einstein's Divorce and Remarriage
After years of little communication, Albert divorces his wife, but immediately remarries. His second wife is his own cousin, Elsa Lowenthal, with whom he had fallen in love with when she nursed him back to health when he was ill. -
Einstein Restores German Citizenship
After taking advantage of the ability to lose citizenship, Einstein regains his German citizenship at the close of WWI. -
Theory of Relativity Proved by an Eclipse
A solar eclipse provides greatly observable evidence that Einstein's General Theory of Relativity is correct. After this, Einstein becomes a worldwide celebrity. -
Becomes a Nobel Prize Winner
Albert Einstein wins the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the photoelectric effect, which was one of the four papers published during his Annus Mirabilis. -
Escape from Nazi Germany
Fearing anti-Sematic persecution, Albert flees Nazi Germany with his family to resettle in the United States. Einstein takes a post at Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton, where he will remain until his death in 1955. -
Elsa Einstein Dies
Albert Einstein's second wife, Elsa Einstein, dies of a sudden illness. -
Writes Letter to President Roosevelt
Albert writes a letter to President Roosevelt that urges him to launch an American program of nuclear research, fearing that the Nazis may win the race to develop the world's first atomic bomb. -
Becomes a US Citizen
For the third time, Albert changes his nationality to a US Citizen. However, he does not lose his Swiss Citizenship. -
Albert Einstein Dies
Albert Einstein dies of heart failure at the age of 76.
